~~One thing all of us have in common is that we have a mother. Father too but it’s not Father’s Day so we’re not talking about him today. Here’s a picture of my mom and my youngest granddaughter. Nothing like a baby to bring joy out in a mama, grandmama or great grandmama. It is such a blessing to be …
Necessary but Troublesome
~~These wildflowers aren’t troublesome. Necessary for the spirit and for the bees. These are Dutchman’s britches, my mom’s favorite wildflower. For my favorites, I think the trilliums are hard to beat and of course the Jack in the Pulpit is fun to find in the woods. If you look really closely at this picture you can see the little spider …
Computer Blues
~~When you have the computer blues sometimes you need to hunt a reason to smile. At least my pencil never crashes. -Author Unknown The problem with troubleshooting is that trouble shoots back. – Author Unknown Never let a computer know you’re in a hurry. – Author Unknown User, n. The word computer professionals use when they mean “idiot.” – Dave …
Love Letters
~~Did you ever write any love letters? Or get a love letter? Do you like to read other people’s letters? My daughter has been reading the love letters her mother and father-in-law wrote each other while they were dating. She says they were so in love. ~~When my husband and I were dating, he was off at college and I …
A Snowy Day Down on the Farm
~The weather people talked about snow for days and it finally showed up down here on the farm. We got about four inches – a light dusting compared to what they got west and south of us. But plenty for me. I like a little snow every winter, but I’m always ready to see it go, too. This morning it …
Happy Thanksgiving!
–Here’s one of my precious reasons for thanksgiving. I’ve got almost as many little grandbaby blessings to count as I do fingers. Nine beautiful blessings. –I knew I wanted to get married and have children when I was fourteen. I remember thinking about what I wanted to do in life one morning on the school bus and of course, I …
The Seeker’s New Cover Art
Hi everybody. I just got back from a jaunt to the mountains where we had a good time visiting with Darrell’s family. We’ve all been married so long that we all feel like sisters and brothers now. I’ve even heard some of the growing up stories about when this or that happened so many times that I feel like I …
Celebrating The Believer
I celebrated my new book, The Believer, with friends at my local library Saturday. A new book is a good reason for a writer to celebrate because for most of us it doesn’t happen all that often. Some writers put out two or three books a year, but many of us writers feel fortunate to see one new book hit …
The News of the Day – Publishing, Editing and Reviews
Hi, guys. Wednesday rolls around quickly for somebody like me who’s always a couple days behind on chores – both writing and household. Never enough days in the week to do all I want to do. Of course that might be because number one I’m not as organized as I should be and number two because I want to be …
Off into the Sunset – Finally
The End. Finis. Th-th-that’s all, folks. Over and done. That’s all she wrote, dear John. Enough’s enough. Cut, print. That’s a take. Finished. Complete. Ended. Riding off into the sunset. The fat lady’s singing because it’s over. The credit’s are running. Close the book on that one. And so we have come to the end of the story. Guess you’ve …